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From: "Marie Renee" <>
Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AM-EMI-L] Re: Helsby in Buenos Aires
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 15:32:00 -0300
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This is Marie again. I see that Maxine, whom I know very well, has already
sent you information. Good luck. Marie

----- Original Message -----
From: "Maxine Hanon" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 1:05 PM
Subject: [SOUTH-AM-EMI-L] Re: Helsby in Buenos Aires


Peter:
I think we had a mail exchange last year in which I gave you information on
Helsby´s children in Buenos Aires. Regarding James, this data might help
you:
James Gooden Helsby born c.1794 in Liverpool, came to Buenos Aires august
1821 with his wife Sharon Stephens. He became one of the the most important
watch makers and opticians of the city. He had already been a watch maker in
England. The watches he sold in Buenos Aires had an inscription that said
"J. G. Helsby, Liverpool, N°...". In 1825 he was in charge of the
mantainance of the "Cabildo" clock. He died August 18, 1853. the british
Packet informed: “Deceased, who had attained his 58th year was a native of
Liverpool, but resided the principal part of his life in this city;
universally respected for his general intelligence, his mild and amiable
disposition, his active benevolence, and sincere unostentatious piety”.
I think you already have the information about his children born in Buenos
Aires. I shall only add that Thomas Columbus Helsby (1822-1879) is
considered one of the first daguerrotipists of the River Plate.
Maxine Hanon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Helsby" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 7:51 AM
Subject: RE: [SOUTH-AM-EMI-L] Re: History of Britons in Peru, 1815-1915


> Hi Jeremy
>
> I hope all is well with you. I am not progressing too far with my line
> in SA but will have to be patient.
>
> Re the book you found - the obvious question are there any names in it?
> If you come across anything on Helsby please let me know.
>
> Regards and all the best Peter
>
>
>
> Peter Helsby
> Albany Western Australia
> FHS Cheshire Member No. 3565UN
> ("I use Archive CD Books to help with my research
> http://www.archivecdbooks.org";)
> All outgoing mail virus checked
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Howat [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, 10 October 2002 9:43 PM
> To:
> Subject: [SOUTH-AM-EMI-L] Re: History of Britons in Peru, 1815-1915
>
> Today at a charity book fair I stumbled across the following history:
>
> "The Magnificent Field of Enterprise: Britons in Perú, 1815 - 1915" by
> Arthur R. B. Robinson, published in Lima in 1997, 258 pp., ISBN
> 9-972-90580-2. Mr Robinson was evidently the Anglican Chaplain of the
> Good
> Shepherd Church, Lima, from 1974-77.
>
> It looks to me to be a workmanlike history of the British community in
> Perú
> during that century. Has anyone heard it it before?
>
> Jeremy
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